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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport
352 stories in Sydney's papers · page 6 of 18
THE connection of Scone with M[?]swellbrook has been for some time in contemplation. The Great Northern Railway line has for the last six months been open to Aberd[?]en, on the Hunter River, a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SIR,—In disputing the accuracy of "Investigator's" calculations, Mr. Mackenzie puts forward certain views to which I may reply without encroaching on "investigator's" privilege…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →As Monday was finally fixed upon as the day on which the railway was to open or extend itself, all preparations were made. On the arrival of the usual train from Newcastle and Maitland two engines…
Continued on Trove, page 241 →THE connection of Scone with. Muswellbrook has been for some time in contemplation. The Great Northern Railway line has for the last six months been open to Aberdeen, on the Hunter River, a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →SIR,—In the Sydney Morning Herald [?] there appeared a letter entitled "Further [?] 14th April railways of New South Wales," being a reply [?] on the remarks on the railways of New South Wales," by few…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SIR,—In the Herald of the 22nd instant there appears a letter from an anonymous correspondent—"A. H," on "Further Remarks on the Railways of New South Wales." Considering that he has made such frequent use of my…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The railway from Aberdeen to Scone had to be opened: and opened it accordingly was. Lord PUNCH was there, of course, with his dear friend Lord Belmore and with his usual self sacrificing beneficence, he is going to delight the public of New South Wales with a veracious…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE painful circumstances connected with the series of recent railway accidents have had but one redeeming feature, viz., the illustration of the value of insurance against accidents. That no less than three…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SIR,—Your correspondent, "Mr. Mackenzie," is unreasonably indignant at two anonymous writers having the "audacity " to differ with his views respecting railway policy. He must know that his rodomontade about…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →AN accident of a very painful and fatal character occurred on the night of the 28th at the South Yarra Station, of the M. and H.B.U. Railway Company. So far as we have been able to gather, the following…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →AN accident of a very painful and fatal character occurred on the night of the 28th at the South Yarra Station, of the M. and. H.B.U. Railway Company. So far as we have been able to gather, the following…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →During the past nine months especial attention has been given by the War Department to the subject of steam traction on common, roads ; but in fact for a number of years past the application of steam to ordinary roads has…
Continued on Trove, page 313 →A DARING burglary was perpetrated early on Friday morning, on the premises of Mr. French, draper, South Head-road. On inquiry we learned that the first intimation Mr. French had of the robbery was on the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →William Porter, 19, an incorrigible gaol bird, was brought before the court by detective a ca[?]phin and Elliott, charged with burglariously breaking and entering the premises of Henry French, and stealing…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →William Porter, 19, an incorrigible gaol bird, was brought before the court by detectives Camphin and Elliott, charged with burglarioulsy breaking and entering the premises of Henry French, and stealing…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →AN inquest was held on Wednesday, on the body of a man named M'Kearney, who was killed on the previous day by a waggon falling across his body. Alexander Bryson, deposed: I am engineer and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →During the past nine months especial attention has been given by the War Department to the subject of steam traction on common roads; but in fact for a number of years past the application of steam to ordinary roads has…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SIR,—Having already expressed my opinion on the subject of railway extension at the present time—viz., that we have more than enough before us for a while in repairing past mistakes—and that the developing…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →AN inquest was held on Wednesday, on the body of a man named M'Kearney, who was killed on the previous day by a waggen falling across his body. Alexander Bryson, deposed: I am engineer and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SINCE the publication of a former article on the above named subject in the Sydney Morning Herald of the 8th of April last, which appears to have attracted some attention to this very…
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